Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

    emporhalten, hochheben, hochhalten

    поднима́тьpodnimátʹ

  2. (transitive)To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling.

    emporhalten, hochhalten, aufrecht halten

    подде́рживатьpoddérživatʹ, сохраня́тьsoxranjátʹ, отстаива́тьotstaivátʹ

  3. (transitive)To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned).

    unterstützen, verteidigen, bestätigen

    одобря́тьodobrjátʹ, подтвержда́тьpodtverždátʹ

More definitions
  • stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
  • support against an opponent
  • keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

Examples

24 sentences

  1. I must uphold my own principles.

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  2. I have a public image to uphold.

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  3. We must uphold the law at all times.

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  4. We must uphold the law at all costs.

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  5. The referee must uphold the rules of the game.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to hold up:
to keep erect:
to support by approval or encouragement:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to hold up:
to keep erect:
to support by approval or encouragement:

Origin

From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop,

From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).

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Forms

upholds, upholding, upheld, upheld
Base formuphold · to uphold
3rd person singularupholds
Present participleupholding
Past simpleupheld
Past participleupheld

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyuphold
he, she, itupholds

Past simpleLesson

all personsupheld

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upheld
he, she, ithas upheld

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill uphold

Synonyms

6 synonyms
vindicateC2
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedupholder
Derivedupholdableupholdatoryupholsterupholsterer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
uphillupholsterupholsteryupkeep
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